Kollywood Hotshots

Nayan's sms was: “You looked really good in the JFW photo shoot and in one of the pics, you looked so much like Priyanka Chopra. The way you have made this fast make-over is quite appreciable”

And Amala Paul screamed in joy and happiness. She was quick to reply back to Nayan: “Nayan you made my day. It was so sweet and kind of you to tell me this, and these words coming from you, means a lot . No other heroine of your stature would tell me this”

Amala said: “I was always proud about Nayanthara who is from Kerala and made it big in south Indian cinema. She created a place for herself in this male-dominated industry and more than being glamorous, she is also an amazing performer. She has struggled to reach this position and be it her make-over, attitude and bold moves, I really look up to her”.

Talking to journalists, a furious Nikitha said, "The KFPA need not ban me. Let it give me proof about an affair with Darshan." I will voluntarily walk out of the Kannada film industry. The actress said the decision has spoiled her image.
"I think this has been the most hurting decision. What mistake have I committed to undergo such harsh punishments?" she said and added: "I just returned from Mumbai only this morning after completing a modeling assignment. I was shocked."
Leading Kannada actor Darshan was arrested by the Police in the early hours of Friday for allegedly beating up his wife Vijayalakshmi and threatening her with a revolver. Vijayalakshmi had named Nikitha in her police complaint against her husband, which she later withdrew in front of the metropolitan magistrate.

Reacting to a query by fans on Twitter, the Kandireega actress wrote: “Guys for al those who are asking me, that m I doing The Businessman... the answer to the question is no. Im not doing The Businessman:)”

The Businessman, directed by Puri Jagannath with Kajal Aggarwal as the heroine, has started its first schedule recently.

Produced by Soundarya Ashwin's Ocher Studios which is also produced by Warner Bros, the film is getting Ready at a rapid speed and as suggested earlier the film has gone for a tittle change.

The confusion of title occurred earlier when Sultan was mistaken to be Rana and the confusion were cleared stating its two different movies. Now Sultan which was recently reported to have a Tamil title for its multi lingual live action animated movie, now becomes 'Dheera'.

The title Dheera which means the Brave one has been chosen as its Tamil title for the film. A source informs media, “Soundarya Rajinikanth was keen the film should have a Tamil title. Three titles were shortlisted and Dheera in all probability will be the final and fitting one.”

We also hear that Rajini who plays two different roles in the movie, will have Sultan and Dheera as his character names. Seems like this film is competing with SRK's Ra.One!

Multi Dimension Films has bought the dubbing rights of Mankatha, Ajith’s 50th film produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri under the banner of Cloud Nine Movies. It’s not clear whether the Telugu version will be released simultaneously with the Tamil edition, which is slated for August 31 release.

The film stars Arjun in a special role, which was earlier meant for Nagarjuna. But he could not sign the film due to date problems. Others in the cast are Andrea Jeremiah, Premgi, Mahat and Vaibhav.

In Aishwarya's debut venture, Dhanush plays the male lead. Debutant Anirudh is the music director. Anirudh has earlier won the 'best instrumentalist' title at a reality music show judged by A.R. Rahman. He is also a part of a band Zinx. Reportedly the film will have seven songs: melodies, romance and fast-paced peppy numbers. Velraj is the cinematographer and Kola Baskar is the editor. The rest of the cast will be decided in a week's time.

Contrary to what was believed, it now dawns that it won’t be Boopathy Pandian who would be directing the debut film of Shanmugapandian.  Vijayakanth, his wife Premalatha and brother-in-law and producer Sudeesh have been listening to various scripts from many directors to select the appropriate script to be the launch pad of Shanmugapandian.

It is said that though Vijayakanth loved the script, a mix of riveting action and comedy, narrated to him by Boopathy, he is said to be apprehensive about whom to be cast in the comedy section of the film.  His family members are also said to be hesitant in introducing Pandian in an action film.

In order to doubly ensure that the launch-paid of his son turns out to be the best, Vijayakanth has reportedly put on hold the script narrated to him by Boopathy Pandian.  In the coming days, he would be listening to some more scripts before arriving at a decision